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A night-time ritual gathering under a decorated pandal with pink and white draping, string lights and a golden carved panel. A standing man in a rust-red dhoti and shawl, wearing a heavy gold-beaded necklace and a gold waist band, holds a long yellow-tasselled staff raised in one hand and stands before a large golden Nandi bull statue. Around him, many seated devotees in white dhotis and white or gold-bordered saris wear red headbands over their eyes and sit with hands folded in prayer or resting on the red mat. A bare-chested man in white holds a decorated pot with greenery, and another figure in orange cloth stands at the right. Golden Nandi statues flank the scene, and fruit sits on the floor in front.

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